Necktie-holder.



A. FAUGNO.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-3.1916.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 191W.

Application filed March 3, 1916. Serial No. 81,939. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTHONY FAUGNO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in necktie holders and has for its object to provide a suitable frame arranged to surround the outer face of the necktie anda portion of the inner face thereof, one of the ends of the frame having a spring gate and a catch member thereon to engage with the opposite end of the frame. the gate being formed with a button engaging catch or clip whereby the device may be attached to one of the shirt buttons of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to produce an article of this class which may be ornamental but which embodies the desirable features of simplicity, cheapness and efliciency.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of my improvement, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device looking to the rear thereof, Fig. 3 is a central horizontal sectional view through the device, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the gate member having the button catch or clip associated therewith.

The body of the device is preferably formed from desired quality and value, preferably in the nature of bent to provide a frame. cludes spaced parallel outer extending members 2-2 that rounded inwardly, as at 3, and extended in a line with the members 2 for a suitable distance as indicated by the numerals 4, and these members 4 are provided with connecting members 5. Around one of the connecting members 5 is arranged a coil spring 6 which has one of its end convolutions contacting with one of the arms 4, as at 7 and the same being a wire member The frame inlongitudinally have their ends th1s end 6 provides the hinged end of what I will term av gate, and which is indicated by the numeral 8. The wire from which the coil 6 is formed is extended and bent upon itself to provide aclip or catch 9, the same a single strand of metal of the comprising two spaced members l0-10 which are adapted toexert a tension toward each other, the said members having their contacting arms depressed inwardly whereby the same may readily engage with the shank of a button upon the shirt of the wearer. The end of the member 10 opposite the coil 6 is extended angularly,the same being rounded upon itself, as at 11, and the portion extending therefrom bent, as at 12, to provide a hook 13, and this hook 13 is adapted to be received in a depression or lip 14 provided upon the connecting member 5 opposite that around which the coil 6 is arranged. Connecting the ends of the catch and the end strand of the coil from which the members 10 are formed is a reinforcing bar 15 which is provided to add to the strength of the gate and the catch or clip member formed with the gate. The outer longitudinal strands 2 of the frame which have connected thereto a suitable casing 16 which is adapted to receive a gem or other ornament. The tie 17 is, of course, inserted at the inner and open side or mouth of the frame 1 and after being snugly adjusted against the rounded ends 2 thereof, the gate is swung against the pressure of the coil spring 6 to permit of the hook engaging in the lip or depression of the frame, after which the frame is adjusted longitudinally of the tie until the clip or catch member 8 is brought into proper position to be received upon one of the front buttons of the shirt of the wearer, when the jaw members 10 of the said catch or clip are spread to permit of the said members being passed over the shank of the button and when released to engage with the said shank and hold the device in proper position upon the shirt of the wearer.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A necktie holder including a substantially rectangular body having an open side, a wire spring coiled around one of'the ends of the said open side and one of the convolu .tions of the said spring contacting with one of the longitudinal members of the body, the second end of the coil being extended and bent upon itself to provide spring jaws which exert a tension toward each other, the end member of one of the jaws being extended and bent to provide a lip, and said lip adapted to engage with the second end I member of said triangular body at the open side of the body.

2. In a necktie holder, a body formed from a strand of wire bent to. provide par- ,7

allel longitudinal membersarranged in pairs and spaced from each other and said pairs terminating and being connected upon one of the sides of the body at an approximately equal distance from the center of the body,

a wire coiled around one of the connecting portions of the spaced parallel members and having one of the end coils thereof contacting with one of the said longitudinal mem- ANTHONY FAUGNO.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. KELLEY, PETER l. WELCH. 

